Comment 65 for bug 934291

I left gnome.

A servant of the Most High God,

Ron McIlvaine

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 5:05 AM Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hello Felix, or anyone else affected,
>
> Accepted cups-pk-helper into bionic-proposed. The package will build now
> and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-pk-
> helper/0.2.6-1ubuntu1.1
> <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-pk-helper/0.2.6-1ubuntu1.1> in
> a few hours, and then in the -proposed
> repository.
>
> Please help us by testing this new package. See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
> to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
> update out to other Ubuntu users.
>
> If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
> mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
> verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not
> fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
> tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of
> your testing we will not be able to proceed.
>
> Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
> advance!
>
> ** Changed in: cups-pk-helper (Ubuntu Bionic)
> Status: Triaged => Fix Committed
>
> ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934291
>
> Title:
> Deleting or stopping print jobs does not work
>
> Status in gnome-control-center:
> Unknown
> Status in cups-pk-helper package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in cups-pk-helper source package in Bionic:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Deleting or stopping print jobs through the "gnome-control-center ->
> printers" menu is not possible.
> (Black rectangle for stopping can be pressed, nothing happens.)
>
> Deleting with cups via webinterface does work. ( http://localhost:631/
> )
>
> Please let me know which information to provide.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> [Impact]
>
> The most intuitive way for users to maintain printers and look after
> print jobs is the printing part of the GNOME Control Center. As this
> tool makes use of cups-pk-helper for authentication, a lot of its
> functionality is not working dur to the non-working in cups-pk-helper
> package.
>
> This way a key functionality in Ubuntu Desktop is not working which
> may people turn away from Linux on the desktop.
>
> [Test Case]
>
> Do job operations (remove, move to other printer, ...) with print jobs
> using the printing tool of GNOME Control Center ("Devices" ->
> "Printers"). You will see that most or all of these operations do not
> work.
>
> They will work after installing this update.
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> cups-pk-helper is only used by some graphical user interfaces for
> printer operations, like the mentioned GNOME tool. It does not impact
> printing itself, CUPS command line operations, or the CUPS web admin
> interface.
>
> Also the changes on cups-pk-helper are not done in its code or its way
> how it works but only in its configuration (using a system user).
>
> This way the regression potential is low.
>
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Fri Feb 17 16:47:32 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64
> (20100429)
> SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-17 (61 days ago)
> usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
> deja-dup 22.0~bzr1290.37~oneiric1
> gnome-bluetooth 3.2.0-0ubuntu2
> indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu1.1
>
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